Filling machine



Get. 2 1923.

c. L. HOOPER FlLLING MACHINE Filed Dec. 18 l920 5 Sheets-Sheet JINVENTOR ATTORNEYS Oct. 2 1923. 1,469,218 c. L. HOOPER I FILLING MACHINEFiled De 'c. is 1920 s Sheets-Sheet 2 w Y K9 '3 E g Q 1 N 3 m 3 i)? i m,k9

INVENTOR 6 j J ATTORNEY Oct. 2, 1923.

' C.- L. HOOPER FILLING MACHINE Filed Dec. 18 1920 5 Sheets-Sheet 3cnsn-Lns L. HOOPER, or nocnns'rnannw YORK, assre'noa 'ro VACUUM OIL IPANY, or NE YORK, n, fr ri ooarone'rren or new YORK,

FILLING MACHINE.

Application filed December T all whom it may corn-cam:

- of Rochester, inthe county of Monroe and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in illingj Machines, ofwhich the following 18 a specification. l

The present invention relates to filling machines of the type in which;one or more 'eceptaclcs are arranged upon a suitable sup port andnumber. of filling devices or nozzles corresponding to the number ofreceptacles are associated with the support for discharging thematerialinto the receptacles, provision being made by which the relativemovement between the receptacle support and nozzle takesplace in orderto cause the nozzleto enter the filling openings of the receptaclesAnobject. of this -invention isto provide in connection with a machinethe class described, a drip collector or pan which will moveautomatically between the'nozzles or filling devices and the receptaclesupport as these two parts are moved away from each other and will be,

displaced automatically from between said parts as the latter are movedtoward each other, whereby drippings from the filling devices will notfall upon therreceptacles on the support.

To this and other ends the invention, conoperatingmechanism v:Eor thedrip pan; and

Figois a section on the line 5+5, Fig. 3. Referring -more particularlyto the embodirnent herein illustrated, 1 indicates the base frameflotthe machine which has a I table 4 or other support for the cans arrangedthereon, this support being formed in any suitable manner and preferablyembodying aplurality of parallel spaced bars connected by cross pieces,5. Below this '17 in the is, 1920.. Serial No. 431,749."

- t am con table arranged a pant into which any drippings may fall. ThereceptaelesZ, in this instance in 'the form otcans, are arranged in atray 8 which is moved by hand along the supportortablet, the tray carryingpreterably a number ofreceptacles;

The filling means, in this instance, com-- prises a'number of nozzles 9corresponding preferably to the number of the cans 7 in the tray 8andconnected with a supply tube 10, each nozzle having i vent tubellcoir nected therewith and leadingto a ventpipe 12 which extends into thepan 6. This construction is old and well-known and does not of itselfformpart of the presentirr. vention. In order that the supply tube 10may move toward and from the supporta, the latter has end pieces 13 eachcarrying a. guide member ll'operating onvertical guides 15 formed onside frames 1 which project upwardly from the base 1;

For. effecting a relative movement between the support Land thefillingjdevices 9, a leverlG is mounted at one side ofv the machine and issecured to a sh'att'17. This lever carries a locking pawl '18 operable"through a-hand piece 19 and adapted to Cooperate with a fixed rack 20 onthe frame arelpivoted at 22 toilinlrs 23, the letter be-. 7

ing pivoted on headed pins 2&- secured tothe guide pieces 14.. .The'turning ofthe shaft 17 in one direction lowers the nozzles 9 into thefilling opening 7 oi the cans or receptacles 7, while the turning'of theshaft opposite direction, elevates said nozzles. f Y V v The nozzleswhich are formed in a wellknown manner and will not be described indetail, automatically close as] they pass fromthe filling openings'ofthe cans'or receptacles and automatically open as" they are.

introduced into said filling.- opening. There is, however, 'a' certainamount of dripping from the nozzles as the latter move up f wardly andthis ordinarlly falls upon the cans or receptacles, necessitating thewiping or" such cans to remove the dripping.

According to this invention, a drip pan is automatically interposedbetween the nozzles and the su or t for the rece tacles u on I therelative movement between the nozzles and the support away from eachother, and

connection moves upwa r'd'ly, causing tie this drip'pan is alsoautometically'removed from between the nozzles and the support -thedrawings and secured to twoiro'ds 2 6,1the sheet metal being extended at2 to one s ne of-"one ofthe rods, The pen 1s guidedfor movementtransversely oftheiline of movement of the'nozzles and' toth1send,'-breek ets 28 are 'securedin-pairs to 'the side frames 1 andproject inwardly, each pair having" its inner ends-connected by guides29 which are spaced from the side frames 16 inorder that the Qllltlefpieces 14- mey have space for movement. The guides 29 receive the endsofthe bers-or rods QSendntopposrte "ends of each gulde,stops30e'reprovided to confine the pain 'jto the guides. Y

The automatic movement of the-*pan may be'etl'eeted nany"suitsble'manner. "In tlninstanc at one sideofthe 'pen nlinl; 31

pivoted on one of'the 'ro'ds 26 end to this linksimpivoted at 32, anoperating member 33. l -his operating member is in turn pivotedet geitoone of the side fremes l 11h connectionis 'provided between thisoperating member 331e'n'd the operatingjmechenism which effects relativemovement be tw'ee'nthe' lilling nozzles 9 and the "receptm ole-supportThis connection, in this stance, embodies an Win35 extending iroui themember 33 and a recess or cam openine; 86 arranged zttlthe upper end ofthe nrin 33 at a 'sliglit angte to one si de 'ofthe arm. This camvopening one notch 36 is adapted to receive the ihea'de'd projection"24-, formingr 'therpivota'l connectionbetweenthe link and thei'guidemember :14, when; said pivotal member 'toiswin-g on its pivot andthrough the link 31 to shiftithe 'drippan '25 between thenozzles 9 endthe support '4. ()n thelowering"movementof the nozzles, theprojecti'onQtengeges the walls of the cam slot 36 and shifts the member33 to displace the drip 'pan '25 "from beneath Ethenozzles9. Themovementofvthe 'drip pa'n in'both instancesis quick and occurs duringthe firstpztrt of-the descent of the nozzles to l shift. the pen. away:from .theipath c f the nozzles:anduduringthe latter part of the ascentof: the nozzleszsozthzet the nozzles will have passed out off-the pathof the dripipnn beforethelett'er'moves beneath them. Q

From the foregoing it "-will be seen that i there has fbeen a providedin :filling :ma'chine intvhi'ch ar drip :pen is employed:- whicheuinvention.

tometically :shifts between the nozzles or filling devices encbthe:support forthe' cans or receptacles. as a relative movement between thenozzles and the support, one away from the other, takes :place, thisdrip pan' elso'moving automatically 'froi'n between the =nozzlesxorfilling devicesund the support for the can orreceptecles as the relativemove- :ment'betweensnch filling devices andsupport takes place, onetoward the other, so'a-s not to interfere with such relative movement.

l/Vhilein the aresent embodiment the IGlik tive movement between thefilling devices and the, receptaclesupport isefl'ec'te'd by moving thenozzles toward and from the support, it will be pparent that the presslit-invention is not 'limited'to this relative movement and it isdesired to be u'ndenj stood that any "relative nn-ovement between thesetwo fperts is 'w th-inth'e scope of lIlllS Nhet l claim as my inventionand desire to secure by letters 'Pzttent is i 1. A filling" meehinecomprising a. recepteclesupportingtable, a plurality. of fillingnozzle-s arreng'ed above and uided toward and from the table, a dripcollector 1 guided i at: opposite fiends into fend o-nt of the path(if-movement -01 theflnozzles, a pivotelly ni-oui'itedoperating memberfor thedrip col..- lector having e cam groove, and -mechenism for movingthe *no'zzles 'toward end -froin the table having a projection adaptedto op' era-tein said'czrm groovefor moving the drip collector-"out oftheipat-h of the nozzlesges the latter move 'toward the table and formoving the drip collector -towerd the nozzlesasthe latter move avvayfromthe table.

32. A filling machine comprising e recep: tecle supportlng table,uprights promoting},-

upwardly on opposite sides of sei'df teble,

plurality of filling": nozzles, gni de members carried by "the 'nozzles;an'd guided on :the uprights, she-ft m ountedj to turn beneath thetable, ejrnis carried by said shafft, links connecting said arms andtheguide 1nembers, guides arranged on thein-ner feces of the uprights, adrip collector guided at op posite endston sei'd. guiidesiand anoperatin'g member pivoted to o ne of the uprights and havingal'i'nkronnection with'ithedrlp collector, said operating i'inemberfheving zi cam groo've :receiving the heaidedapivot ---of one of thelinks on eiguide member toeelfect the movement of the 'drip' collectors-between thiesnozzles land the receptaclesupportingwteble' -e.'n d;toeffect the movement 40f? thendrip collector, out of-'the path oftheinozzles 21s the letter .move toward lllhef receptacle fsupporting'iteble.

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